The last day of the year is to remember India’s doctors, health and frontline COVID-19 warriors, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while saluting people who gave their lives in the line of duty. “This last day of the year is to remember India’s millions of doctors, health warriors, sanitation workers, and front line corona warriors. […]

India has reported 21,821 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 1,02,66,674, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). As many as 26,139 recoveries and 299 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry. The tally of […]

A decision has been taken to extend the temporary suspension of flights to and from the United Kingdom till 7 January 2021, informed Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday. The government has imposed a ban on flights coming to India from the UK with effect from December 22 in the view of new […]

The Assam Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to accord Bodo the status of an associate official language of the state. The bill was tabled in the assembly on Monday. Parliamentary affairs minister Chandra Mohan Patowary tabled the Assam Official Language (Amendment) Bill, 2020 on the floor of the Assembly on behalf of chief […]

Union Defence Minister on Wednesday said that no “meaningful solution” has come out of diplomatic and military level talks with China to resolve the standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and there is “status quo”. In an exclusive interview with ANI Editor Smita Prakash, the Defence Minister said that if […]

Manipur Police has collected a sum of Rs 1.45 crore as fine from people for violating COVID-19 guidelines in the state, an officer said. The Manipur State Disaster Management Authority issued COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions like compulsory wearing of masks in public places, no spitting in public and maintaining social distancing norms after the first […]

The Arunachal Pradesh government has named various important public institutions in the state in memory of former ministers and pioneers who have contributed immensely for the cause of the state. The stadium and the government polytechnic college at Namsai district have been named as Chow Indrajit Namchoom outdoor Stadium and CP Namchoom Government Polytechnic College. […]

A wildfire broke out at the picturesque Dzukou range in Nagaland’s Kohima district on Tuesday, creating panic among locals at the neighboring Southern Angami villages. According to reports, the fire has destroyed the Dzukou Valley viewpoint. The valley is located in the interstate border between Nagaland and Manipur. The cause of the fire and the […]

A total of 20 persons in India have been found with the mutant variant of SARS- CoV-2 virus reported from the United Kingdom, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). These include the six persons reported earlier – three in NIMHANS, Bengaluru, two in CCMB, Hyderabad and one in NIV, Pune. Government […]

The NIA filed a chargesheet on Tuesday against five members including a self-styled colonel and his wife of the NSCN (IM), a major insurgent group in the northeast, in an extortion case in Nagaland involving an amount of over Rs 1.5 crore, an official said. The chargesheet against the five accused was filed before a […]